Setting the Stage for Phase 3

Since last we updated, a lot has happened with Cloth for a Cause. My old elementary school, Crossroads Christian School, has begun a school-wide drive to donate to us. Amanda's old middle school, Redwood, was also very willing to help out and started their own drive as well. Amanda and I have also successfully gotten the word out at our current highschool by speaking with Mrs. Dini. Even with this progress, we are still waiting to hear back from several people that we reached out to in hopes of finding some more help. We've learned that patience is a virtue as we wait for those who could help us out to respond. On top of that, we have learned that communication skills are key in getting a process started. Staying in touch and updated with everybody may prove to be a slight challenge but we will try our best.

One setback we had was a few people who we had reached out to turned us down. The Sobrato FFA club was a loss due to the experience they have running drives and the amount of supplies they could have received for us. To make up for this, we are contacting more people and reaching out to a few additional local businesses.

The next step is fairly simple. While still waiting on replies, we will start our collection process, aka Phase 3. This will probably begin happening in the next few weeks as those we reached out to start to receive donations.

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Phase Two of Cloth for a Cause

In our 2nd week of Cloth for a Cause, we are attempting to start phase 2 where we contact people who will provide us with our needed materials.

One setback that we have had is getting behind in the schedule due to multiple projects and tests in other classes. This is a pretty big project that we have to manage and find time for, which we have no problem doing since we are helping out animals, but it's a lot harder to find time with other classes in the way. In order to get back on track, we will be more effective with the little time that we do have by contacting more people than we had originally intended. I am contacting her elementary and high school, both of which are very much into helping with charity projects. Amanda also contacting her middle and elementary schools. After a dialogue has been set up we will report on just how many clubs or schools are going to be involved in donating. When that happens, we can begin to estimate how much cloth we will be receiving. 

As we were waiting on those who we reached out to, we did some more research into animal care in California. We found some very disturbing facts. Thirty percent of dogs that go into shelters are euthanized a year. On top of that, forty one percent of cats are put down due to the fact that our shelters just can't cope with the numbers. We really hope that our donations will improve animal care but can't help having heavy hearts. By the end of the project though, if Amanda and I don't end up with four or five more animals each, I will be surprised!